Sony Pictures Animation has picked up the rights to Rollercoaster Tycoon. Harald Zwart (who directed the new The Karate Kid) will be leading the development of adapting the game for movies, possibly directing it along with executive producing.
The live-action/CGI hybrid is set to be written by David Ronn and Jay Scherick, who also worked on Kevin James’ upcoming The Zookeeper along with another Sony Pictures Animation film, The Smurfs. Publisher Atari claims the Rollercoaster Tycoon game franchise has amassed $300 million in sales and is the third-best-selling PC title of all time in the U.S.; Atari s Jim Wilson will also executive produce with Nick Reed.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
